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An Assessment Of Urban Heat Island Of Lokoja Town And Surroundings Using Landsat Etm Data., Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin
An Assessment Of Urban Heat Island Of Lokoja Town And Surroundings Using Landsat Etm Data., Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin
Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin
The urban centre and its suburban environment are largely influenced by changes driven by people as a result of urbanization and other anthropogenic activities. Urbanization impacts on air and water quality, local climate and biodiversity. This study assesses the Urban Heat Island (UHI) of Lokoja town and surroundings from LandSat ETM satellite imagery of 2001 using remote sensing techniques. Band 3, 4 and 6 of the imagery were use in the estimation of NDVI, land surface emissivity and surface temperature. The results show that urban heat island in Lokoja town is significant, with average Land surface temperature values range from …
The Prospects Of Sustainable Management Of Domestic Water Supply And Sanitation In Kogi State., Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin, Salihu Danlami Musa
The Prospects Of Sustainable Management Of Domestic Water Supply And Sanitation In Kogi State., Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin, Salihu Danlami Musa
Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin
The ultimate goal of any credible and legitimate government is to ensure sustained improvement in the provision of basic water utility and its effectiveness in the efficient delivery of this service to the citizenry. The importance and implication of efficient delivery of portable water and its management, and also access to hygienic sanitation facilities are of utmost importance to every human sector. Field survey and the review of technical and research literatures were done to generate the data and information used for the study. Simple statistics were used in its analyses and GIS techniques for spatial analysis. It was observed …